Death - mortuaries
A mortuary (or morgue) in a hospital or elsewhere is used for the refrigerated storage of human corpses awaiting identification, removal for autopsy or disposal by burial, cremation or otherwise.
The Public Health Act 1936 gives local authorities the power to provide a mortuary for the reception of bodies and the carrying out of post-mortems.  | |  | | External service - mortuariesIn North Yorkshire, there are no public mortuaries and so mortuary services are provided on behalf of the County Council by the following NHS hospital trusts: | |  | |  |
These hospital mortuaries handle deaths that have been referred to the coroner or deaths where no death certificate can be issued. The services provided include: - Facilities where bodies can be taken and stored on behalf of HM Coroners for North Yorkshire;
- A place for the viewing of the deceased by relatives (usually for identification purposes); and
- Help for pathologists conducting autopsies
Mortuary staff will also liaise with relatives, Coroners' Officers or funeral undertakers for the collection of the deceased person, and any belongings, following release of the body by the HM Coroner.
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- GOV.UK - death and bereavement
Information from GOV.UK about death and bereavement, including registering a death; wills, probate and inheritance; and funeral payments.
- The National Association of Funeral Directors
The National Association of Funeral Directors is a truly independent trade association with the broadest membership within the funeral profession, including more than 3,200 funeral homes nationwide and suppliers to the profession.
- The National Society of Allied and Independent Funeral Directors
The National Society of Allied and Independent Funeral Directors (SAIF) is a trade association whose members are all independent funeral directors. The funeral service they offer is not part of a national chain, but is privately owned and managed.
- The Probate Service
The Probate Service forms part of the Family Division of the High Court. It deals with 'non-contentious' probate business (where there is no dispute about the validity of a will or entitlement to take a grant), and issues grants of representation.
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